SCALE REFERENCE

B Hungarian Minor

B – C♯ – D – E♯ – F♯ – G – A♯1 2 b3 #4 5 b6 7

Harmonic minor with a raised 4th — two augmented-2nd leaps and a very Eastern-European colour.

Notes & degrees
B1C♯2Db3E♯#4F♯5Gb6A♯7
NotesB, C#, D, E#, F#, G, A#
Steps2 – 1 – 3 – 1 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Also calledGypsy Minor, Double Harmonic Minor
Piano
BDE♯GC♯F♯A♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eE♯F♯GA♯BC♯DBBC♯DE♯F♯GA♯BGGA♯BC♯DE♯F♯GDDE♯F♯GA♯BC♯DAA♯BC♯DE♯F♯GEE♯F♯GA♯BC♯D

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AA♯BC♯DE♯F♯GEE♯F♯GA♯BC♯DCC♯DE♯F♯GA♯BGGA♯BC♯DE♯F♯G

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iBmBm(maj7)
IIC♯C♯?
♭III+DaugDmaj7♯5
♯IVE♯E♯?
VF♯F♯maj7
♭VIGGmaj7
viiA♯mA♯min

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

iBmIIC♯♭III+Daug♯IVE♯VF♯♭VIGviiA♯m
Other scales on B

Core scales & modes

B MajorB Natural MinorB Harmonic MinorB Melodic MinorB DorianB PhrygianB LydianB MixolydianB Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

B Major PentatonicB Minor PentatonicB BluesB Major Blues

Jazz & altered

B Harmonic MajorB Phrygian DominantB Lydian DominantB AlteredB Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

B Whole ToneB Diminished (Whole–Half)B Diminished (Half–Whole)B Augmented Scale

World & exotic

B Double Harmonic MajorB Neapolitan Minor
Hungarian Minor on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.